Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 18:46:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Chang <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: terry@lambert.org, mcs@vpm.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netscape's Atlas for FreeBSD Bombs Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960409184525.24231E-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199604100102.SAA06377@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > I think I remember seeing this come across this list earlier and didn't pay > > > > any attention to it, and now I wish I did. The new Atlas from Nescape is > > > > bombing with a 'floating' something error. Is this a Netscape bug or > > > > something in FreeBSD? Any known fixes? > > > > > > It's using one of the wierd math coprocessor instructions, probably > > > packed decimal or something equally dumb. You can: > > > > > > 1) Install a math coprocessor > > > > > > 2) Rebuild a kernel with the GNU math coprocessor emulator > > > (see /sys/i386/conf/LINT for instructions). > > > > What about on systems using a Pentium CPU which has the math > > coprocessor built in? > > It's not expecting strict IEEE exception handling. You should replace > your libm with the GNU version. Hmmm, okay but would this slow down the machine since the CPU already has the FPU built in... Richard
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